Pennsylvania Campaigns

Lower Merion Township
Quiet Clean Lower Merion created a successful campaign demonstrating the harms of gas-powered leaf blowers that led  to the first ban in Pennsylvania.
Article: November 21, 2025: Lower Merion is banning gas-powered leaf blowers. Here’s what to know.

Narberth Borough
Narberth Borough Council announced a vote to adopt Ordinance No. 1069, which phases out gas-powered leaf blowers by 2029, at their meeting on Thursday, April 16, 2026. They unanimously passed a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers and portable generators used to charge electric leaf blowers and their batteries. The gas-powered leaf blower ban will be seasonal before going into effect year-round in 2029.Under the ordinance, gas-powered leaf blowers will be banned from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1 in 2026; from Jan. 1 to April 1 and June 1 to Oct. 1 in 2027; from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1 in 2028; then year-round beginning Jan. 1, 2029.
"Narberth will phase out gas-powered leaf blowers by 2029, following Lower Merion’s ban," Philadelphia Inquirer, April  21, 2026 

Quiet Clean Philly is working toward getting a ban in Philadelphia.
Article: April 1, 2025 As Philly council mulls gas leaf blower ban, lawn equipment companies strut their battery-powered stuff

Quiet Clean Cheltenham  is a Facebook group interested in exploring the reduction of noise and air pollution, in Cheltenham Township, by reducing the use of Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers (GPLBs).

Radnor Township

Radnor Environmental Action Council (EAC)

The Radnor EAC is presenting a proposal to the Radnor Board of Commissioners on February 23. (Delayed due to snow.)  An evening Town Hall is scheduled for April 7 to hear from the public about the proposed ban (residents first, businesses second) and a second Town Hall on April 23rd (businesses first).  If there are no complications, the Board of Commissioners will vote on the proposal in June.  Its patterned exactly after the Lower Merion phase-in ban.
Article: January 21, 2026 Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Could Be Banned In Radnor Township

Upper Providence Township is exploring a ban. This was recently posted on their township website: Gas-Powered leaf Blowers: Community Health & Practical Alternatives

Article : June 19, 2024 Swarthmore Almost Had the First Gas Leaf Blower Ban in Pennsylvania

Borough of Media
The Media EAC had advised the Media Borough Council on the dangers of gas-powered leaf blowers and proposed that Council write an ordinance restricting their use in the Borough.

October 17, 2024 Gas Powered Leaf Blowers - An Unnecessary Health Hazard
On November 21, 2024 Media Borough approved Ordinance 1168 to restrict the use of combustion-powered leaf blowers from sunset to 9 am on weekdays during the school year (Sept. 1 to June 30).

New group in Media: Transition Town Greater Media Partnership This group began as a Media EAC project and has now evolved into a TTGM Biodiversity Group project. Our concern is with the toxicity of the exhaust fumes from this equipment and their detrimental effect on the health of our ecosystems.

Newtown Township
Article: November 14, 2024 Newtown Residents Ask Township To Consider Leaf Blower Ordinance

Solebury Township
Article: July 24, 2025 Solebury considering restrictions on gas-powered leaf blowers